Fakenham Junior School
Primary · Fakenham · NR21 8BN
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 13 September 2023
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257 pupils · 71% of 360 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 22.2% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 11.4% of pupils
- SEN support
- 16% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1.1% of pupils
- Website
- www.fakenhamjunior.org.uk
- URN
- 146711
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
65 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
66% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 25% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 13 September 2023: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Fakenham Infant and Nursery School
- Duke of Lancaster School
- Fakenham Academy
- Sculthorpe Church of England Primary Academy
- Colkirk Church of England Primary Academy
- Little Snoring Community Primary Academy
- All Saints Stibbard Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery
- Ortus Education Ltd - West Raynham School